Art Writing

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course explores arts writing, criticism, and publishing in both theory and practice. Students will study the major movements within the discipline of arts writing and criticism, and build a portfolio of both short and long-form writing—achieved through the development of robust research, critical thinking, and visual analysis. Each week we will read key texts by leading critics, arts writers, and art historians; engage in a variety of writing exercises, workshops, and peer review; conduct occasional museum/gallery visits; and enjoy periodic course visits from leading arts writers, critics, and publishers in the field. We will read and analyze works by Roland Barthes, Maurice Berger, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Black, Claire Bishop, Aruna D’Souza, Denis Diderot, Douglas Crimp, Okwui Enwezor, Coco Fusco, Ernst Gombrich, bell hooks, Lucy Lippard, Kobena Mercer, Linda Nochlin, Legacy Russell, Susan Sontag, Hito Steyerl, Giorgio Vasari, Heinrich Wolfflin, among others.